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Albania is banning TikTok for one year, citing growing violence among teens
TikTok is like a neighborhood 'thug,' says Albanian Prime Minister.


Google is tracking your digital fingerprints again
The tech company makes a U-turn in its privacy promises.


Supreme Court must halt TikTok ban, ACLU argues
The legal advocacy group submitted an amicus brief urging the high court take action. The court has responded.


OpenAI gifts developers with enhanced voice and reasoning models
The company says its tech will build better virtual tutors and customer service bots.


Was your phone targeted by China's Salt Typhoon hack? Your provider might not tell you.
It's possible you've been impacted and not told about it.


The truth about dyslexics in tech
The challenges that come with the learning disability can become advantages, writes this CEO.
By Ben Herbert


Apple allowed child sex abuse materials to proliferate, according to class action lawsuit
The class action suit may pit Apple against its own user privacy promises.


Black D.C. neighborhoods denied same-day deliveries by Amazon, attorney general claims
Amazon contends the policy "protects" its employees from crime.


New consumer protection rules would block data brokers from selling Americans' sensitive info
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hopes to rein in transactions that can expose Social Security numbers, financial details, and more.


Zoom lied about encryption in 2020. Now it wants to pay $18 million to make that go away.
The internet never forgets, though.


Chatbots pushing pro-anorexia messaging to teen users
The bots are often disguised as weight loss or eating disorder recovery "coaches."


Bluesky has growing pains. Here's what it can learn from X/Twitter
The new darling of social media is running into the same headwinds as its predecessors. This is what it must do next.
By Chris Taylor


One million public Bluesky posts scraped for AI training
The data was posted to an AI company, then later removed after an outcry.


Bluesky ramps up content moderation as millions join the platform
A new 100 person team steps in as concerns about child sexual abuse material rise.


Intel's 20-year-old AI ethics prodigy on the future of artificial intelligence
Ria Cheruvu represents the next generation of AI innovators — and she's long been doing the work.


Digital wallets, Apple Pay to face greater government scrutiny
New rules treat Big Tech payment processors just like banks.


What Elon Musk gains from a second Trump term
The world's richest man added $15 billion to his net worth in a single day. What else will the election give him?
By Chris Taylor


Google corrects Elon Musk-boosted claim that it's favoring Kamala Harris
Reader-provided context and a response from Google corrected the record.


Judge refuses to stop Elon Musk’s million dollar election 'sweepstakes'
The Tesla CEO has doled out $120 million to put Trump back in office.


Report: Google removed voter scam ads from search results
Advertisements preying on voters proliferated in 2020 and 2022.
By Rebecca Ruiz


X's Community Notes aren't flagging election misinformation
"Community Notes is not a panacea for X’s problems."


Russia wants Google to pay a $20 decillion fine for blocking YouTube channels
That's 2 with 34 zeros.
By Tim Marcin


Philadelphia sues Elon Musk for his $1 million voter payouts
The city says Musk is illegally influencing voters.


Judge green-lights school lawsuits against social media giants Meta, Google, TikTok, Snap
School districts are suing platforms for fostering "compulsive use" by students.

